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Frankly? It wasn't really a doomerhive. The biggest drama the game faced was the perception that it was cuckshit. Not even in the current chinkish way but like just Gray in general.
I think the number one criticism was that most of the 5* costumes didn't have cutscenes. Pretty sure it was only the main 4 party characters and a few BD1 imports. Off the top, Rubia, Sylvia, Liatris, Rafina, Celia, Elise, Lecliss, Anastasia, and yeah like legit everyone else all had zero cutscenes. Even the main characters were cucked like professor schera didn't have a scene despite being a launch costume.
The player dropoff was typical and expected. It didn't get bad for a few months. The first piece of content they dropped post-launch was the entire Exodus side story pack iirc. Then summer knight dropped, and I'm pretty sure it was a bit after that before celia/eclipse bunnies that it got bad.
Part of why it wasn't super doom and gloom was unironically wiggleposting. It let us get away with lots of page 9 bumping lol.